IPL 2024 results: Jos Buttler hits 107 not out to lead Rajasthan Royals to victory off final ball
- Experience the excitement of IPL 2024 as Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 107 guides Rajasthan Royals to a thrilling victory with a final-ball finish. Discover the match highlights now
Kolkata Knight Riders 223-6 (20 overs): Narine 109 (56) in the Indian Premier League
Twenty overs, Rajasthan Royals 224-8: Buttler 107* (60)
Scorecard: Rajasthan Royals defeated by two wickets. table in groups.
In pursuit of 224 against Kolkata Knight Riders, Jos Buttler blasted 107 not out to lead Rajasthan Royals to an exciting victory in the final ball.
The skipper of England’s white-ball team had a slow start but got into gear after the seventh wicket went.
In the final three overs, he faced every ball and got the last ball single that was required to give them a two-wicket victory.
Buttler’s Royals are now atop the standings after their chase, which was the second-highest in the Indian Premier League.
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Buttler, who scored 100 runs without conceding a point against Royal Challengers Bangalore ten days prior, edged and misplayed his way to 42 from his opening 33 deliveries; while wickets dropped all around him, the Royals needed to score 96 from the final 36 balls.
Sunil Narine, who had smashed a superb 109 in Kolkata’s 223-6, trapped Rovman Powell for a leg before wicket in the 17th over, leaving the Royals seven down and Buttler without any front-line batsmen to partner with. Powell had scored a vital 26 from 13 balls.
After Buttler hammered Mitchell Starc for three straight sixes to begin the eighteenth over, Kolkata’s wicketkeeper Phil Salt, an England teammate, let one get past his gloves from the Australian left-armer, which resulted in five significant wides.
In order for Buttler to maintain the strike during Starc’s delivery, Trent Boult gave up his wicket with a run out. In the 19th over, the opener hammered seamer Harshit Rana for two more sixes, meaning that nine runs were needed from the last over.
Buttler reached three figures from 55 balls with a six off the opening ball. He then turned down singles from the following three balls to keep number 10 Avesh Khan safe.
Buttler sprinted back for two when three runs from two balls were required, and he flicked the last delivery off his pads to seal the victory.
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